Here's plan: we moved T0 by 10 minutes (5:10 EDT) to allow us to evaluate the 3:30 EDT balloon debris field data - if OK we'll proceed to fueling. If not, we will delay to 6:10 launch and repeat the eval at 4:30 for a 7:10 launch or scrub. We're in the process of coordinating this with the balloon guys...

Yup - red on debris. Try for 6:10, make a decision around 4:40. Altitude winds for tomorrow 20-25 knots lower than today... today was an extraordinary day for the 15K to 35K altitude range (105 to 120 knots - normal is more like 65 to 80 knots, and much fuirther from the pure west)

Folks: not looking too good - winds are NOT trending (last few balloons right on top of each other) PLUS as we go into the window we use our LOX ... if we go to the 7:10 opportunity we may not have enough LOX to use the full two-hour window tomorrow ... Frank C. chewing on it... since tomorrow's challenge will be surface winds, we probably want the ENTIRE window tomorrow ...

Just got the Overpressure and Toxic evals from the last balloon - both green ... debris in a few minutes ...

Booo! These are the first launches (well, attempts) I've ever watched from Wallops...and both times winds were creating issues. I'm no weather expert, so does Wallops being further North than KSC generally increase the chances of high winds (or bad weather in general)?

wait.... Scrub just because 40 people were too close? Not homes / wildlife sanctuaries,etc, but human tourists too close? If so, wouldn't the initial allowed observation range have been set further out from the get go?

wait.... Scrub just because 40 people were too close? Not homes / wildlife sanctuaries,etc, but human tourists too close? If so, wouldn't the initial allowed observation range have been set further out from the get go?

wait.... Scrub just because 40 people were too close? Not homes / wildlife sanctuaries,etc, but human tourists too close? If so, wouldn't the initial allowed observation range have been set further out from the get go?

No, that had to do with an attempt to extend the range area based specifically on today's conditions.

Booo! These are the first launches (well, attempts) I've ever watched from Wallops...and both times winds were creating issues. I'm no weather expert, so does Wallops being further North than KSC generally increase the chances of high winds (or bad weather in general)?

No, just an unseasonable Winter cold front one month into (Northern Hemisphere) Spring. Don't worry, lawyers here are already taking it up with Punxsutawney Phil.